Sivley v. Nixon Mining Drill Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM HAMILTON. Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Hamilton County to the Court of Civil Appeals and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court.— N. L. Bachman, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This suit was brought by Harry Sivley to recover damages for personal injuries, and. is based upon alleged negligence of the employer company in furnishing him for use, in reaching to oil the overhead shafts and pulleys in the company’s plant, a ladder about eighteen feet in length, the lower end of which ladder was equipped with metal spikes or brads (fixed in the upright posts to prevent the ladder - from sliding) which had worn blunt' and become defective.
The proof shows that plaintiff was at the time of the accident, caused by the ladder slipping from its footing on an oily floor, between…
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